To bind or not to bind: Addressing the question of object representation in visual short-term memory

Journal of Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Wilson, Kristin E ^a   Adamo, Maha ^a,b   Barense, Morgan D ^a   Ferber, Susanne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contralateral delay activity; Object files; Object identification; Object individuation; Visual short term memory; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865968565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/12.8.14     Document Type: Article

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